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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

12km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA

· 3.4 km deep · released about 37 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 38 kmMadera County 88 kmMariposa County 92 kmTuolumne County 108 kmEsmeralda County 111 kmMineral County 112 kmFresno County 114 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
3.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mono County, 38 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1525 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 37 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 410,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 290,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 26× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 37 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 37.5770, -118.8677. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 38 km (23 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mono County
Madera County, CA 88 km (55 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 92 km (57 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Tuolumne County, CA 108 km (67 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Esmeralda County, NV 111 km (69 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Mineral County, NV 112 km (69 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mineral County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.3 40km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
  2. 1.8 13km W of Toms Place, CA
  3. 1.8 11km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  4. 1.8 8km WSW of Round Valley, CA
  5. 1.6 29km NE of Oakhurst, CA
  6. 1.5 8km WSW of Round Valley, CA
  7. 1.7 13km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  8. 2.8 16km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  9. 1.7 14km WSW of Toms Place, CA
  10. 1.7 13km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  11. 2.5 13km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  12. 2.0 19km SSE of Lee Vining, CA
  13. 1.8 17km WSW of Toms Place, CA
  14. 2.4 5km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
  15. 1.6 18km WSW of Toms Place, CA

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.4 on 2020-02-01 — it released about 3,300 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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